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Port of London 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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44
DISINFECTIONS.
The total number of vessels and other premises disinfected during the year
was 111, while the Disinfecting Apparatus was used 157 times for the
disinfection of personal effects, bedding, &c.
Full particulars will be found in Tables XXII. and XXIII.
No serious item of repairs has been necessary during the past year. The
apparatus was installed in the year 1892, and is thoroughly efficient at
present.

Table: TABLE XXII.Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1908.

TABLE XXII.

Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1908.

Month.Reason for Disinfection.Total Number of Disinfections.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.Chicken-pox.Cholera (Suspected).Continued Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Measles.Plague (Suspected).Scarlet Fever.Small-pox.Precautionary Measure.
January...............4.........2......6
February...1...1...2.........21411
March...2......1312.........211
April...1.........5...3...1...212
May...2...1...111...1...310
June...1......13...2............7
July...1......16...2...1...314
August.........111...3.........410
September...............511.........29
October...............21......1...15
November.........2121............17
December...............4.........1...49
Totals...8...5538514...9126111